Definition of Scrupulousness

1. Noun. Conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence.

Generic synonyms: Honestness, Honesty
Derivative terms: Scrupulous
Antonyms: Unscrupulousness

2. Noun. Strict attention to minute details.

Definition of Scrupulousness

1. Noun. The property of being scrupulous. ¹

2. Noun. The result or product of being scrupulous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scrupulousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrupulousness

scrupleless
scrupler
scruplers
scruples
scrupling
scrupulist
scrupulists
scrupulize
scrupulized
scrupulizes
scrupulizing
scrupulosities
scrupulosity
scrupulous
scrupulously
scrupulousness
scrupulousnesses
scrutability
scrutable
scrutation
scrutations
scrutator
scrutin de liste
scrutin de liste system
scrutin uninomial system
scrutin uninominal voting system
scrutineer
scrutineered
scrutineering
scrutineers

Literary usage of Scrupulousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"We are without information of any particulars of the conduct of Phocion and his friends : but it appears that their moderation and scrupulousness, ..."

2. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"We are without information of any particulars of the conduct of Phocion and his friends : but it appears that their moderation and scrupulousness, ..."

3. The Virtues and Their Reasons: A System of Ethics for Society and Schools by Austin Bierbower (1888)
"Scrupulousness. For such a close pursuit of right we must scrupulously discriminate. Many wrongs are little wrongs; but, as conscience declares against them ..."

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